CHERNIGOV  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the above See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Desna, nearly See also:

• HALF

half a mile from the See also:

• RIVER

river, 141 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.E. of See also:

• KIEV
• KIEV, KIEFF, or KIYEFF

Kiev on a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line . Pop . (1897) 27,006 . It is an archiepiscopal see and possesses a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of the 11th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In 907 the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city is mentioned in the treaty of See also:

• OLEG (?-912)

Oleg as next in importance to Kiev, and in the IT th century it became the capital of the principality of Syeversk and an important commercial city . The Mongol invasion put an end to its prosperity in 1239 . Lithuania annexed it in the 14th century, but it was soon seized by See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, which held it until the 17th century . In 1686 it was definitely annexed to Russia .